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Board for youth development will be set up: Kumaraswamy

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Over 30 youth from across the State participate in `Hello CM' programme

Bangalore: The Government will set up a separate board for youth development, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has said.

He was speaking at the third edition of "Hello CM" organised by Doordarshan Kendra here on Sunday. Over 30 youth from across the State participated in the programme.

Mr. Kumaraswamy said that the board would take up schemes to solve the unemployment problem and prevent the migration of youth from rural to urban areas in search of livelihood. He said he would make concrete plans in this regard in the next Budget. The Government would sanction funds to set up a hockey stadium in Kodagu, he said.

Mr. Kumaraswamy said that he was not pleased with private companies that do not give the local youth an opportunity to prove themselves. Language was one of the reasons for this, as the youth, especially those from rural areas, might be lacking in communication skills, he said.

It was in this regard that the Government had sanctioned 500 secondary schools and 220 junior colleges this year, as quality education wass the only way to solve the problem. Skill improvement courses would have to be introduced, he added.

On the occasion of "Suvarna Karnataka," the Government proposed to adopt 1,000 villages. Each village would get Rs. 1 crore, which would be used to provide basic amenities, he said.

The Chief Minister said that several allegations have been levelled against the Government to torpedo development activities. Kannada would be made compulsory at all stages of government administration, Mr. Kumaraswamy said.

With regard to the border row with Maharashtra, he said that some people of Belgaum taluk were against the recommendations of the Mahajan Report and are pressuring the Union Government to reopen the issue.

Regarding vacancies in government departments, the Chief Minister said that there were a few legal formalities that were affecting the filling up of the posts. A few women from Shimoga complained about harassment.

Mahesh Joshi, Director of Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore, asked if the Government would consider making NCC training compulsory. Field Marshal Cariappa and President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had said that NCC should be made compulsory in schools and colleges. The Chief Minister said he would discuss the issue with educationists and include discipline-building activities in the curriculum from standard five.

Triveni from Koppalsaid that although she has been working at the tahsildar's office for the past four years, she had not received any salary. The Chief Minister asked her to meet him at his residence on Monday.

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